Queen In The Seventies
It would be fair to say that Queen have moved away from being merely a rock band towards being a musical phenomenon, with a...
Book Review: ‘You Me At Six – Never Hold an Underdog Down’ by Neil...
You Me At Six have enjoyed a pretty impressive growth within the UK music scene – so it’s no real surprise that fans can...
Big Big Train – Between the Lines; the story of a rock band
Grant Moon … (Burning Shed ..hardback, £49.99)
Some bands explode onto the scene and make an immediate impact, while others take an eternity to...
Melody Maker: Seven years in the 1970’s
It’s December 1963 and a 15 year old Yorkshire boy is asked by his mother, "The Beatles are in Bradford soon, do you want...
Nightwish – On Track: Every Album, Every Song
It says something about how big a band have become in their home country when the departure of the lead singer prompts questions in...
Metal Guru – The Life And Music Of Marc Bolan by Paul Roland
Author Paul Roland has written three previous books on Marc Bolan, each taking a different point of view, presumably offering new insights as added...
Decades: Uriah Heep in the 70s
As a fan of Uriah Heep since Look At Yourself in 1971, I inevitably wondered if a book charting the first decade of the...
An Extraordinary Life – John Wetton
Those coming to this hefty 252-page book devoted to the memory of John Wetton, looking exacting details on his life, and more so minutiae...
The Bee Gees In The 60’s – Andrew Hughes, GrantWalters & Mark Crohan
Book review of The Bee Gees In The 60’s by Andrew Hughes, GrantWalters & Mark Crohan.
The Bee Gees (Brothers Gibb) probably sang three-part harmonies...
Rebels with a Cause: New Book Exposes ‘Secret History’ of Original Rolling Stones
Books about every aspect of the life and times of the Stones are not exactly thin on the ground. You name the time period,...
